A pharmacist has described the moment a patient threatened him with a screwdriver because he wouldn’t provide the medication they wanted, as a poll suggests staff are facing “escalating abuse” from patients. The survey found reports of racism, verbal attacks and violence. Around one in five pharmacy owners said verbal abuse was a daily occurrence,…
Two British men have been arrested in connection with the Golders Green arson attack on four ambulances by a volunteer-run Jewish charity. The suspects – aged 47 and 45 – were arrested on Wednesday morning at addresses in the north west London and central London areas respectively. They were arrested on suspicion of arson with…
A fraudster who conned men into spending thousands of pounds to fund designer clothes, holidays and online bets has been jailed for seven years. Model Gemma Kingsley, 50, targeted recent divorcees, and claimed she was due to inherit millions to convince them to lavish money on her. She also used stolen or false card details…
London Marathon organisers are considering holding the event over two days instead of one from next year. It would allow the elite men’s and women’s races to happen on separate days, while also supercharging the charity money raised by doubling the number of amateurs. Demand massively exceeds supply every year, with the public ballot and…
A woman’s former boyfriend has been found guilty of the manslaughter of her young son, who died two years after a beating which left him with brain damage. Kol Page was not breathing, had bruises on his face and a serious abdomen injury from a stamp or punch when paramedics arrived on 25 April 2022….
The police watchdog is investigating the handling of sex abuse allegations made against social media influencer Andrew Tate. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is looking at how Hertfordshire Constabulary dealt with the allegations after the case was closed in 2019, following a four-year probe. It added it was investigating a former detective constable…
Dame Sarah Mullally, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the 1,400-year history of the job, has begun her new role. The new archbishop marked the start of her job as the Church of England’s top ministry in a ceremony on Wednesday in Canterbury Cathedral. Image: Dame Sarah Mullally strikes the west door of Canterbury…
Resident doctors – formerly known as junior doctors – in England are to strike for six days in the ongoing row over pay and jobs, the British Medical Association announced. The planned walk-out is due to start from April 7, just after the Easter bank holiday in England. The British Medical Council said in a…
A nursery has admitted corporate manslaughter over the death of a toddler who died after being suffocated as staff tried to get him to sleep. Noah Sibanda, who was 14 months old, died at Fairytales Day Nursery in Bourne Street, Dudley, in December 2022. Events leading up to his death, which were captured on the…
Election campaign leaflets and posters published in foreign languages would be banned ahead of polling day under Tory proposals. The Conservative Party is hoping to make it an offence to distribute election material that it says is “not native to the British islands”. The party has tabled an amendment to the Representation of the People…
